Deteriorating Health of Democracy globally needs your urgent attention. — Democracy is passing through a challenging phase of disappointment. Its values are decreasing globally. The right to elect leaders in free and honest elections, freedom of the press, and the rule of law are under threat. Worst of all, young people are losing faith and interest in the democratic scheme…

Choose by quality not by status. To say “good friends” is bewildering if you take the literal meaning of the word ‘friend’ because the friend is always good. Collins dictionary defines, “A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you.” But, these…

What a paradox! Lying for others is correct but lying for self is wrong. — The habit of telling lies has become an inseparable part of our life these days. There is no more frowning for lies. Lying is one of the well-known realities of social life. Most people seldom lie — about once or twice a day, as regularly as they brush their teeth…

A never-failing technique to overcome Glossophobia — Since my childhood, I heard people saying, ‘Oratory is an art.’ I have ever been fond of impressive speeches. I used to imagine myself delivering speeches among the tremendous applause of the audience. But whenever I got an opportunity to speak before a group of people. My heart began to…

The stronger the social relationship you have, the happier you are. — Positive relationships with others are a crucial component of well-being. We engage in meaningful relationships that include correlative empathy, closeness, and warmth. To improve social connectivity, we have to be giving people, willingness to share our time with others. …

Married ladies stay awake whole night when their husbands sleep unconsciously. — If you are exposed to English literature, indeed, you might have come across Charles Lamb’s Bachelor’s complaint against the behavior of married people. It was written in half-cooked, quarter baked, and quarter unripe England of the late eighteenth century. His self centered biographical description of a bachelor’s plight enticed me…

You have the power to discard unhappy thoughts. You need no help from outside. — Your mindroom is very different from a physical room. Mindroom has unlimited space. It is up to you whether you want to make it narrow or broad. Generally, we occupy limited space by following a particular pattern of thoughts, giving certain opinions, remembering the specific failures. Our mind has the…

And instills courage and hope, not fear and despair — I was in my living room with my mother seated on the carpet on my right. She fixed her gaze on two objects in the room — a landline telephone instrument of the nineties perched on the high wooden corner stool. And on the left of it above the grey…

A Free Verse Let me peep into lanes of my bygone days’ memory. When an innocent boy of ten I was, I often override mom’s instructions. Never were these big or manly but ever childish Never leave the fridge door opened, but I did Never interrupt while someone talking, but I did Ask questions when…